diff --git a/scsh/procobj.scm b/scsh/procobj.scm
index 9aa571b..37f5dd6 100644
--- a/scsh/procobj.scm
+++ b/scsh/procobj.scm
@@ -174,14 +174,14 @@
 
 (define (with-autoreaping thunk)
   (set! *autoreap-policy* 'early)
-  (run-as-long-as
+  ((structure-ref threads-internal spawn-on-root)
    (lambda ()
      (let lp ((event (most-recent-sigevent)))
        (let ((next-event (next-sigevent event interrupt/chld)))
 	 (*sigchld-handler*)
 	 (lp next-event))))
-   thunk
-   'auto-reaping))
+   'auto-reaping)
+  (thunk))
 
 ;;; This list contains pids whose proc-obj were gc'd before they died
 ;;; We try to reap them after every gc and maybe on every SIGCHLD
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
     (obtain-lock wait-lock)
     (receive (pid status)
       (%wait-any (bitwise-ior wait/poll wait/stopped-children))
-      (if pid
+      (if (and pid (not (status:stop-sig status)))
 	  (begin (waited-by-reap pid status)
 		 (release-lock wait-lock)
 ;		 (format (current-error-port)